How to Index

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Please let us know if you find an error in CPI. Include in your description what the error is and how it should be corrected. We will research the error, and a corrected record will be included in a future CPI update. Thank you!

Interested in Indexing?

From time to time, we have openings for additional indexers. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Sarah Wessel.

Text Editors

Using a Mac with your text files? So that we don't have trouble with smart punctuation, please read:

In Textedit (The Mac text editor), choose the Textedit item from the top menu, then select preferences.

In the preferences screen, make sure that format is set to plain text. This should be the default.

Further down, there’s an options section with several checkboxes. Uncheck smart dashes and smart quotes. You may also want to uncheck text replacements and correct spelling automatically; those are up to you. Close the window, and the changes are saved and should stay the same across restarts of the text editor.

This info is from MacOS 10.11 but is probably the same or very similar in other versions.

Using a PC? Although Notepad works fine,if you want a few more features (like search and replace), try out Notepad++ (https://notepad-plus-plus.org/).